Question follow-through · 20408

Dental Services: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to emergency dentistry in Surrey.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to emergency dentistry in Surrey.

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available from the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324In 2023/24, ...

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